On June 13, 2023, the coalition launched to begin the work of establishing a statewide cancer coalition. We met formally as a re-launched coalition in late January 2024. The goal of the coalition is to draft a 5-year cancer plan, and as with previous Comprehensive Cancer Control plans and coalitions, the Washington State DOH provided operational and technical support to the Partnership and took the lead on a draft plan.

The CDC's National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) funds Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) programs in all 50 states, 6 U.S. Pacific Island jurisdictions and Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and seven tribes and tribal organizations, including South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency (SPIPA) and Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB).

NCCCP brings together organizations that have an interest in keeping community members healthy in places throughout the country to create plans that help lower the number of people affected by cancer. A cancer control plan focuses on the types of cancer unique to each community that have the highest burden and include strategies that have worked in other places to help prevent and control those cancers. Through statewide coalitions, cancer control plans identify how an organization or coalition addresses the burden of cancer in its geographic area.